Liquid-dispensing vessel.



L. G. LANGSTAFF. LIQUID DISPENSING VESSEL. APPLICATION man APR. 21. 1915.

1,250,598. Patented Dec. 18, 1917' Witness U D STA E LEwIs e. IZANGSTAFEVOE'TORONTO,ON.TARIP, ;CA1\IADA.

" LIQUID-DISPENSING VESSEL. H

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Lnwrs G. LANGSTAFF,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Toronto, in the county of York, Province of Ontario, Dominion of. Canada, have in vented a new and useful Improvement'in Liquicl Dispensing Vessels; of ,which the following is a specificatiom,

The object ofthis invention is to provide certain improvements in liquid dispensing vessels withthe particular object in viewfof,

providing a means for preventing the man; ual operation of the valvemechanis mlwhen the device is in an inverted position.

It has been found, in devices of this character, that a great waste of liquid has resulted from the fact that whenathe vessel was inverted the operator could drain it of its contents by merely pressing upward with his hand or finger-on the valve. In my improved device, such a manipulation of the valve is prevented and the liquid can only be obtained in predetermined amounts.

A further object is to keep the parts of the device free from an accumulation of dried soap, or other liquid matter being used, by

so arranging the various parts that whenthe vessel is in an upright position the liquid remaining on the walls of the outer chamber, in the valve port and on the plunger, will be drained back into the vessel.

A still further object is to provide certain improvements in the construction, form and arrangement of the various parts, whereby the above named objects may b efiectively carried out.

,A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents view,

Fig. 2 represents a partial vertical central section, the parts being shown in the position which they assume when the vessel is in an, upright position,

Fig. 3 represents a similar section with the nozzle cap removed and the parts in the position occupied when the vessel is in a horizontal position, a

Fig. 4 represents a view similar to Fig. 3, with the parts in the position which they assume when the vessel is completely inverted, and showing, in dotted lines, the limit to which the valve may be raised by the finger of an operator, and

Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken in the the vessel in top plan Specification of Letters Patent." Patented Dec, 18, 191 application filed A ri a1, 1915. 7 Serial No. 22,860. i

plane ofthe line A A of Fig. 2, looking i the'direction of the arrows] v The liquid dispensing vessel 1 may be madeof any shape or size and, of any desired material. This Vessel is provided with a removable top 2 which is shownin the pres-.- ent nstance as having a screw. threadedenf gagement with'the vessel. -Ais'uitable washer 8 may be interposed between the mouth of the vessel 1 and the top2 toprevent leaking of the liquid atthis point. The top. 2. has a. nozzle 4 which is provided with an interior. dispensing chamber 5 and an exterior counr tersunk chamber 6 and these chambers are connected by the port 7. having a sphericali valveseat8. i v V y The valve 9 for opening and closing the port "71 is spherical in shape and adapted to,

. A valve stem 10 extends through the port, 1

loosely fit on the seat 8.

sectional area of the port 7 so as to permit a free movement of the liquid through the port 7 when the valve is open as well as to allow a swinging movement of the plunger so that its tapered portion 12 may bear against themouth of the vessel when the vessel is in any intermediate position between the upright and the inverted positions maining on the walls of the countersunk chamber 6 will drain through the port 7,

along the sides of the plunger 11 and finally drop back into the vessel from the rounded inner end 14 oi'the plunger. This will prevent the liquid from drying in the port 7 and on the plunger 11 where it would tend to clog the action of the operating parts.

If it is desired, the nozzle 4. may be pro 'vided' with a retaining cap 15 adapted for Weight of the plunger will cause it .to drop by gravity into the dispensing chamber and positively eject the'liquid therein out through the port '7 and, at the -same time, prevent the escape of any more liquid until the Weighted plunger has been removed from the dispensing chamber. It will be readily seen that by providing my nozzle 4 ith a countersunk chamber 6 Whose bore is such that'the finger of the operator cannot go far enough therein 'to raise the plunger out of the dispensing chamber, as shown in Fig. 4E, I have effectually prevented the manual manipulation of the various parts of my device and have made it necessary for the operator-desiring more-liquid, to return the vessel to-a position above the'horizon-t-al b'eforeitfcan be obtained. v -Sincefmy deviceis designed to (eject, atone operation, a suflicient amount of the liquid to accomplish the purpose for which it is to b'e 'u's'ed, it will be readily seen'that this improvenient 7 Will prevent the unnecessary Waste Whichan easy manipulation of any device of this character always invites.

v is evidentthat'slight changes might be rsorte'd to in the form, construction 7 and ar- Coples of this parent may be obtained "for rangement of the several parts without'destrictly tothestrueture herein set forth, but

What I claim is V A liquid dispensing vessel comprisinga nozzle having an exterior outwardly flaring chamber, 'an'i-nt'erior dispensing chamber and a port connecting the two chambers, a valve for said portlocated in said exterior out Wardly flaring 'ch'arnber and spaced a considerable distance inwardly from'the outer end of the nozzle wh "d sing said port, and a Weighted plunger connected to said valve "and "snugly fitting" said dispensing chamber'for positively ejecting liquid from the dispensing chamber when the Vessel Vis inverted to aIpredetcrminedfextent,

In testimony, that I claim the foregoi'ng as my invention, I have signed my fna'rne inpresencejof two itnesses, this 19th "day ofMarch 1915. v I H E'wise-Lnvesmrr.

Witness cs2 p I H. M. ,Crrizrs'rM-AN,

five cents each, By addressing the" flommissidn'e'rf of ham, washlngtombiw I 

